Top-ranking Seattle Sounders come to SJ Earthquakes after their 3-2-result vs Vancouver Whitecaps. Check out our thorough match preview!
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Major League Soccer
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
SJ Earthquakes form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stanford Stadium as SJ Earthquakes have scored 16 goals to get 22 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 6-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
SJ Earthquakes travelled for their previous game, a trip to Los Angeles FC that ended 1-1. The attacking player Espinoza won the honour of being "man of the match" for Earthquakes with the rating of 8.12/10. Espinoza scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 7 of 10 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus LA Galaxy that ended 2-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how SJ Earthquakes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 7 and lost 4.
Betting people might want to know that 11 of the most recent 14 league matches from this football club have had goals from both teams.
The SJ Earthquakes fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. From these home matches, SJ Earthquakes have conceded only 9 goals.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Seattle Sounders, who have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Major League Soccer, have produced an overall stat of 4-2-4 so far.
Sounders play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Vancouver Whitecaps (placed 9th). Late drama in the previous game, when Andrade scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Vancouver Whitecaps. Ragen was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 9.0. The defender Ragen signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 8 of 10 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Houston Dynamo.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Seattle Sounders in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Seattle Sounders, 0 draws and 7 defeats.
After this away game Seattle Sounders return home for a Major League Soccer game against Dallas. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visiting Seattle Sounders have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 10 games. Sounders have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
SJ Earthquakes have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when playing Seattle Sounders.These opponents have battled previously this season: Seattle Sounders - SJ Earthquakes 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Espinoza 10 goals |   J. Morris 9 goals |  J. Ebobisse 7 goals |
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| SJ Earthquakes | Seattle Sounders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 26 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 29 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 20 |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 82% |
| 77% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 64% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 41% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 23% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 40% | 18% |
| 68% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 32% |
| 27% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 50% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 36% |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
| 5.4 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 12.5 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.4 | 12 |
| 3.2 | 3.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 37% | 38% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 41% | 33% |
| 13.9 | 11.3 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.3 | 10.7 |
| 4.9 | 4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
- Seattle Sounders have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (11) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Louis City | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 33 |
| 5 | Austin | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 29 |
| 6 | Dallas | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 25 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 24 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 17 |
